Your AI provider can change the deal on you. Here's the 5-prompt audit I run to stay ready.
My $600-plus AI setup, what I keep outside every provider, and the test each expensive plan has to pass.
TL;DR
- AI model access can be revoked by providers, as seen with OpenAI's exit from Cursor.
- Companies like OpenAI, NVIDIA, and Anthropic are making strategic bets on controlling the AI system.
- Accumulated working context with an AI is more valuable and harder to replace than the model itself.
- The article details a personal AI setup exceeding $600 monthly and a method to audit provider independence.
- A 30-minute test is proposed to assess whether AI projects can be moved to a different provider.